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Look Back In Anger! The Great War, Its Aftermath, And Its Relevance Today

D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover opens with a stark and powerful truth: “ours is an essentially tragic age… the cataclysm has happened, we are amongst the ruins.” It perfectly captures the despair and incred...
by Michael Cotterill
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Putting ‘Brains On The Ground’: Why Is Britain Sending Military Advisors To Ukraine?

One month after the US announced its decision to send a military training mission to the Ukraine, the British government has announced that 75 military advisors will also be sent to support the Ukrainian military. Backing the U...
by Thomas Colley
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WATCH: Introducing the flesh eating “zombie” drug [WARNING: Graphic Footage]

Over the last year, two men in Duncan, Oklahoma have fallen victim to a kind of moonshine heroin called desomorphine, dubbed “krokodil” due to it’s horrific side-effects. It has also spread to other states, including Ariz...
by Ozlem Unat
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Reading Beyond the Iranian-Pakistani Pipeline

Oil & Gas Pipelines: Geopolitics in the Making    The announcement of the construction of the 1600 Km Iranian-Pakistani gas pipeline didn’t fail to create a true sensation in the world of politics, let alone in the corr...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Millennials Are Poised To Remake American Politics: The Most Optimistic Generation

Millennials are breaking the trend of bipartisanship in the US, and it seems they will dramatically change the landscape of American politics. Recent reports from both Pew and Third Way have shown that more Millennials are ...
by John Haltiwanger
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Environmental education in the U.S.: A work in progress

Knowing about the flora and fauna of the natural world has always been a part of the scientific curriculum in schools; however, a more nuanced field of environmental education that includes climate issues is growing for a few r...
by Brian Watts
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South Korea: Shooting too far?

Since March 2012, South Korea has been negotiating with the US to extend the range of its ballistic missiles to 1000km in order to cover the whole Korean peninsula. The current agreement from 1979 limits South Korea’s ballist...
by Yoonah Je
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Capital Punishment`s Place In A Modern Justice System – An Outdated Concept

The exonerations of Glenn Ford in the US and Iwao Hakamada in Japan, shed light on a long debated question: has capital punishment got a place in a modern justice system? Even most of those, ferociously campaigning against deat...
by Tímea Fazekas
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Wealth Inequality: An Impediment To Democracy?

The United States of America is, as measured by nominal GDP, the wealthiest nation in the world. However, Senator Bernie Sanders does not see this statistic as a beacon of hope and prosperity. In fact, the Senator for Vermont i...
by Ben Proos
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